EVENT INFORMATION

17
November
1869

Suez Canal opens and reshapes imperial shipping

← Terug naar het dashboard
๐Ÿ“… 17 November 1869 ๐Ÿ“

The canal shortened the route between Europe and the Indian Ocean, facilitating colonial trade, troop movements, and administration across Dutch Asia. Built through Egyptian territory and labor, it intensified European imperial competition.

Log in om dit verhaal leuk te vinden of te bookmarken.
๐Ÿ”– Bookmarken

Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Ismail Pasha

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Egyptian Government

Suez Canal Company

European empires